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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1901
Page
4
Train service notes between Lowell and Boston via Middlesex Street Station. Details indicate intermediary stops and schedule focus for the era, highlighting the Boston and Maine Railroad operations in the Lowell to Boston corridor.
The Lowell Daily Courier notes a wave of labor unrest with machinists and the Union Iron Works linked to ship completion. It questions typewriter use in Turkey, praises police actions against James J Corbett, critiques the New York Yacht Club stance, and comments on Arctic exploration fervor and Albany strikers amid national guard tensions.
The Lowell Electric Light Corp asks permission to bury its overhead high tension wires. The board of aldermen will consider the petition tomorrow night, with the wires committee favoring undergrounding to improve public safety and speed up necessary public improvements. The company cites imminent employment and long-term benefits, urging prompt action.
The piece ridicules a claimed college-bred women marrying suitability and mocks a Northwestern professor. It also weighs the Platt amendment, arguing the US must oversee Cuban governance for sanitary reform and southern state protection, while noting limited Cuban gratitude.
The piece argues the New York Yacht Club should not control the race and that boats matter more than owners. It condemns coercive proselytizing and urges peaceful, faith-based outreach without force. It contrasts national pride in sailing with religious arguments, noting a search for reasoned faith.
The balance of trade tilts toward the United States under sound policy, with exports near double imports. Exports have risen to unprecedented magnitude while imports retain normal levels, signaling a persistent trade surplus and favorable economic outlook.
Treasury figures for April show exports exceeding imports by 44 million, with imports at 76.75 million and exports at 120.78 million. Ten months to April show a favorable balance up 129.1 million, with exports rising and imports falling. The piece argues protection spurs prosperity and international competition, challenging free trade assertions.
Rev. Dr. George Cresswell Cressey, pastor of the Second Congregational Unitarian church in Northampton, read his resignation at the close of Sunday service. He will step down Oct 1, plans recuperation and literary work. Congregation surprised by the move. Miss Mary E. Wilkins, Randolph author, has returned home and remains single. marriage reportedly planned in Randolph.
Robby D Evans recounts a tense episode at Valparaiso aboard the Yorktown when Chilean torpedo boats harassed his ship. He warned he would blow a boat from the water if any damage occurred, insisting US paint and vessel safety outweighed foreign drill maneuvers. Newspapers urged the practice, but the Yorktown stood firm.
A. G. Pollard & Co offers three lots of summer Jersey vests at deep discounts. Bleached shaped vests with sleeves, 12 1/2 cents per garment. straight bleached Jersey vests with sleeves or sleeveless, 9 cents each or 3 for 26 cents. Also lisle thread children's restst run items at 9 cents or 3 for 25 cents. Basement.
A veteran observer recalls widespread time queries from diverse U S travelers and contrasts them with questions about watch faces and sun dials. He recounts tales from a Lawrence soldier, a nun ruse on a steamer, Philippine experiences, a Panay photograph, and Lowell volunteers facing ticket scams in San Francisco.
At a regular Saturday meeting Jane B. Newton circle No. 12 admitted one candidate and handled Memorial day business. The executive committee will direct a strawberry festival and entertainment. The circle accepted Dahlgren Association of Naval Veterans invitation to decorate Memorial hall for Memorial day.
Weekly Lowell real estate records show numerous transfers including Richard Hellinwell to Elizabeth Flynn on Fourth Avenue for 1 dollar and Elizabeth Ryan to Sarah Goldman on Dutton Street with buildings, with many more parcels involving Emery, Sullivan, and others. Notable large entry: Lowell Co-operative Milk Association to Geo. A. Taylor on Hampshire Street for 2550 dollars.
A sequence of recorded property transfers lists Eliza Grady and others selling or transferring lots and land with buildings on streets including Agawam, Moore, Middlesex, West Fourth, Jewett, Moody, Little, Old Acton road, North Chelmsford, Walbrook, Pleasant avenue, Kenwood, and Riverside park. Amounts noted are mostly $1 with several $333 guardianship transfers, affecting buyers and sellers such as Ohlson, Brown, OConnor, Gill, Parker, Hubbard, Goulett, Begin, Dyar, Bartlett, Parkhurst, Bridgford, Lew is, Kebben, McCall, Moshier, Collins, Dut ton, Parker estate, Gelino, Laporte, and Don nelly.
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